Re: Ouch. California jobless rate hits 10.1 percent in January

2009-02-28 Thread Jerry Barnes
"Not if they legalize pot and release the non-violent offenders from prison." Wouldn't this increase the number of unemployed significantly. Also, the newly freed would practically be unemployable since the competition for jobs would have so many people who have never served in prison. And no,

Re: Ouch. California jobless rate hits 10.1 percent in January

2009-02-28 Thread Maureen
The feds are going to force the prisoner release because of the overcrowding. Another good move would be to sell San Quentin and allow that land to be developed. It would easily bring enough money to build another prison someone out in the boonies, like Kern County, and have enough left over to

Re: Ouch. California jobless rate hits 10.1 percent in January

2009-02-27 Thread Robert Munn
along with some form of legalization and clearing out the prisons of non-violent drug offenders, that might actually fix our state. On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 8:09 PM, Maureen wrote: > > California, unlike the Federal Government cannot deficit spend. If > they anger the voters enough with tax inc

Re: Ouch. California jobless rate hits 10.1 percent in January

2009-02-27 Thread Maureen
California, unlike the Federal Government cannot deficit spend. If they anger the voters enough with tax increases, the backlash will be a demand to cut spending, which is long overdue. On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > > and they are raising taxes to boot. dumbasses. > > On

Re: Ouch. California jobless rate hits 10.1 percent in January

2009-02-27 Thread Robert Munn
and they are raising taxes to boot. dumbasses. On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 6:39 PM, Jerry B wrote: > > Double Whammy on the unemployment since tax revenues will probably drop and > the state needs all the money it can get. CA has some rough times ahead. > ~

Re: Ouch. California jobless rate hits 10.1 percent in January

2009-02-27 Thread Maureen
Not if they legalize pot and release the non-violent offenders from prison. And if the investors get on the alternative energy bandwagon, we could have a boom that would make the tech boom look like small potatoes. On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 6:39 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > Double Whammy on the u

Re: Ouch. California jobless rate hits 10.1 percent in January

2009-02-27 Thread Jerry Barnes
Double Whammy on the unemployment since tax revenues will probably drop and the state needs all the money it can get. CA has some rough times ahead. On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Jerry Johnson wrote: > > http://www.sacbee.com/1089/story/1658995.html > > State jobless rate top 10 percent --

Re: Ouch. California jobless rate hits 10.1 percent in January

2009-02-27 Thread Robert Munn
munity > Subject: Re: Ouch. California jobless rate hits 10.1 percent in January > > > Oregon hit 9.9 percent last month. woohoo, 0.2% less than Cali! West > Coast is not having a good time so far. > ~| AdobeĀ® ColdFu

RE: Ouch. California jobless rate hits 10.1 percent in January

2009-02-27 Thread Jacob
But California has nice weather... :P -Original Message- From: Judah McAuley [mailto:ju...@wiredotter.com] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 12:53 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Ouch. California jobless rate hits 10.1 percent in January Oregon hit 9.9 percent last month. woohoo, 0.2

Re: Ouch. California jobless rate hits 10.1 percent in January

2009-02-27 Thread Judah McAuley
Oregon hit 9.9 percent last month. woohoo, 0.2% less than Cali! West Coast is not having a good time so far. http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/02/27/ap6106489.html On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Jerry Johnson wrote: > > http://www.sacbee.com/1089/story/1658995.html > > State jobless rate t